📍 760 W. Eighth St., Merced, Merced County, 95340
Tenaya Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Merced, Merced County. The school has 563 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Curtis Boyenga. It is part of the Merced City Elementary school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
Tenaya Middle enrolls 563 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% Asian and 3.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 485 | 86% |
| Asian | 29 | 5.2% |
| White | 20 | 3.6% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
533 of the school's 563 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tenaya Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Tenaya Middle is one of 19 schools in Merced City Elementary, based in Merced, California. The district serves 11,108 students district-wide and employs 429 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 563 students, Tenaya Middle is close to the district average of about 585 students per school.